Articles By Cheryl knight

  1. 2014 Holiday Spending Survey Released By The NRF 10/29/2014

    How does this year’s holiday shopping season stack up compared to 2013? A survey from the National Retail Foundation (NRF) highlights the expected shopping trends for the 2014 holiday season.

  2. Field Service IT News For VARs -- October 29, 2014 10/29/2014

    News includes how GPS is putting a stop to aggressive driving at work, how wearables impact the field of sports monitoring and performance, and some of the risks associated with the grey fleet.

  3. Deloitte Makes Predictions For 2014 Holiday Sales 10/22/2014

    U.S. Christmas sales are set to increase by up to 4 percent over 2013 numbers, according to Deloitte’s annual retail holiday sales forecast. This represents a greater increase over the 2.8 percent seen for the 2013 holiday season and equates to a growth of anywhere from $981 to $986 billion this upcoming holiday season.

  4. U.S. Retail Benchmarks Show Decline In Store Traffic 10/21/2014

    In-store retail analytics company Euclid, has released its U.S. Retail Benchmarks for September. Euclid provides insights from data for brick-and-mortar retailers in the same way web analytics services do for ecommerce companies.

  5. Citrix Study Reveals IT Trends In Manufacturing 10/21/2014

    Earlier this year, Citrix released The Annual Technology Landscape Report , including predictions of what the next five years might bring to the nation’s workplaces — including in manufacturing.

  6. Field Service IT News For VARs — October 20, 2014 10/20/2014

    In the news, articles tackle the topics of cybersecurity, how to help your clients sell more, and how creating a disruption in your market can give you the jump on the competition.

  7. Survey Looks At Drivers, Deterrents To Cloud App Adoption 10/10/2014

    A survey by Exoprise confirms cloud-based app adoption is growing — but there are still challenges for businesses to overcome.

  8. 4D Printing Unleashes New Possibilities In Manufacturing 10/2/2014

    Additive Manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, seems to have taken the world by storm. According to an article by 3D Printing Industry, the next evolution of this technology is just around the corner: 4D printing takes the entire printing process to the next level.

  9. Field Service IT News For VARs — September 30, 2014 9/30/2014

    This week’s news spotlights predictions the field service management market will grow through 2018 and a new website that provides information on technologies that contribute to increased efficiency for fleets.

  10. System Gives Shoppers Info Via NFC 9/29/2014

    Near-field communication has been in headlines lately, thanks to Apple Pay, but beyond helping merchants accept payments made from customers’ smartphones, the technology has other applications your retail customers might want to consider.